Effects of the dynein inhibitor ciliobrevin on the flagellar motility of sea urchin spermatozoa

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  • Yuuko Wada
    Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University Tokyo Japan
  • Shoji A. Baba
    Department of Biology Ochanomizu University Tokyo Japan
  • Shinji Kamimura
    Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University Tokyo Japan

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<jats:p>Ciliobrevin has recently been found to be a membrane‐permeable inhibitor that is specific to AAA+ molecular motors such as cytoplasmic dyneins. In this study, we investigated how ciliobrevin inhibited the motility of sperm from sea urchins: <jats:italic>Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Pseudocentrotus depressus</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Anthocidaris crassispina</jats:italic>. After application of 100 μM of ciliobrevin A to live spermatozoa, swimming speed decreased gradually and flagellar motion stopped almost completely within 5 to 10 min. This inhibition was reversible and the frequency of flagellar beating was reduced in a concentration‐dependent manner. Ciliobrevin had similar inhibitory effects on the flagellar beating of demembranated and reactivated sperm and the sliding disintegration of trypsin‐treated axonemes. We also analyzed the curvature and shear angle of the beating flagella and found that the proximal region of the sperm flagellum was less sensitive to ciliobrevin compared with more distal regions, where bending motions were blocked completely. Interestingly, the shear angle analysis of flagellar motility showed that ciliobrevin induced highly asymmetric bends in the proximal region of the flagellum. These results suggest that there is heterogeneity in the inhibitory thresholds of dynein motors, which depend on the regions along the flagellar shaft (proximal or distal) and on the sites of doublets in the flagellar cross‐section (doublet numbers). We expect that it will be possible to map the functional differences in dynein subtypes along and/or around the cross‐sections of flagellar axonemes by analyzing the inhibitory effects of ciliobrevin. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</jats:p>

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